Torbin

The human male Torbin was a Jedi of the Jedi Order during the High Republic Era who was born to paupers on Bonadon. By 148 BBY, he was the Padawan of Jedi Master Indara. That year, he was stationed on the planet Brendok along with Indara and the Jedi Sol and Kelnacca. There, the Jedi investigated the life present on the planet, as it was thriving despite being catalogued as lifeless after a hyperspace disaster in 232 BBY. Seven weeks into the mission, Kelnacca cooked Nuna legs for the group, which Torbin complained about due to having already eaten them often during the mission. Indara warned him not to insult a Wookiee's cooking. Torbin did not understand why the mission was important, so Indara and Sol explained that they were looking for a vergence, a concentration of Force energy centered around a location. The next day, while continuing their investigation Indara and Sol spoke about how Torbin's feelings on the mission and Indara's method of teaching him.

Sol learned of a coven of witches led by Mother Aniseya, and became concerned that they were training children to use the Force, which the witches called the Thread. He spied on the coven, and noticed the twins Verosha "Osha" and Mae-ho "Mae" Aniseya, who often wandered outside of the witch's fortress. After Sol reported this to the other Jedi, they rode speeder bikes to the fortress.

The Jedi then entered the courtyard where the twins' Rite of Ascension ceremony, where they would become witches, was being held. Indara introduced the four Jedi, and stated their concerns about the witches training children against Republic law. The witches refuted Indara's claims, stating that Brendok was not part of the Republic, and that they had no children. However, after Kelnacca noticed the twins, Indara asked them to come out of the crowd. When Sol suggested that Osha be tested to train as a Jedi, she asked her mother for permission. In response, Aniseya incapacitated Torbin with a Thread ability. While incapacitated, Torbin saw only Aniseya around him, who spoke to him about his desires and offered to help him leave the planet. Aniseya threatened the other Jedi, telling them she would not release Torbin unless they left. However, she reluctantly agreed to allow her children to be tested. Following this, the Jedi exited the courtyard and returned to their starship.

The next day, Osha and Mae arrived at the site of the Jedi's encampment to be tested. While Mae tried to persuade Osha to fail the test on purpose, Torbin spoke with their other mother, Koril. Before Mae was tested, Torbin took a blood sample from her, and then was present during her test, which she deliberately failed. After she completed her testing, she exited the Jedi's ship, followed by Torbin, who informed Osha they were ready for her. Aboard the ship, Torbin took a blood sample from Osha. When she asked him if all Jedi got a lightsaber, he told her they did, but only after much training. Torbin remained present while Sol and Indara tested Osha, who attempted to fail the test at first, but was persuaded to admit that she did wish to become a Jedi.

After, Indara told Torbin to run the girls' blood samples. That night, while the Jedi discussed what to do about the twins, Torbin expressed his opinion that the witches were dangerous. When he checked the blood test results, he realized that their symbiotes were the same, an unusual result even for identical twins. Believing that the girls would be proof of the vergence they were searching for, Torbin took a speeder bike to the fortress and was pursued by the other Jedi.

However, when Sol caught up with Torbin, they worked together to enter the fortress and rescue the girls. Inside the fortress, Sol and Torbin confronted the witches about the girls. After Mae entered the courtyard asking for help, Koril and Torbin readied their weapons to attack each other. Aniseya turned into black smoke, resulting in Sol fatally stabbing her. While Sol and Koril fought, Torbin deflected attacks from a group of witches attacking with bows.

During the fight, Kelnacca arrived, but he was under the witches' influence and attacked Torbin and Sol. He dueled them, and during the fight, slammed Torbin into a wall, injuring his face. Sol was able to disarm Kelnacca, and then fought him in hand-to-hand combat. As Kelnacca attempted to strangle Sol, Indara arrived. She knocked Kelnacca away and was able to free him from the witches's power. Indara then ordered Sol to rescue the twins from a fire Mae had started, but he was only able to save Osha. Along with Indara, Torbin was present in the ship's medical bay along when Osha awoke from her injuries and Sol told her about the fire.

At some point after the mission, Torbin attained the rank of Master. By 142 BBY, Torbin took the Barash Vow to atone for his part in the incident on Brendok. As part of his vow, he entered a levitating meditation and did not speak for over ten years. The Barash Vow created an impenetrable barrier around Torbin, which may have been a side effect of the inner journey he took while meditating.

Sixteen years after the incident on Brendok, in 132 BBY, Mae, now an assassin, began targeting the four Jedi who had been stationed on Brendok, both to seek revenge and to please her master. After killing Indara, Mae found Torbin in the Jedi temple on the planet Olega, where he was still in his levitating state. There, Mae challenged him to attack her, but he remained silent. Mae then attempted to attack him, but he remained unresponsive while his barrier deflected her attacks. After her break in was noticed by other Jedi, she was forced to flee.

Mae later returned to the temple, this time with a vial of Bunta poison, which she had obtained from her accomplice, Qimir. Instead of attacking Torbin, she placed the poison in front of the Jedi. She offered him a choice to either confess his crime to the Jedi High Council, or to drink the poison and receive forgiveness. He finally responded to this, ending his silent meditation, and drinking the poison, killing himself.

After his death, Osha, who was assisting in the investigation into her sister, found Torbin's body. After closing his eyes, she picked up the empty vial and smelled it, identifying it as Bunta from her homeworld of Brendok. When other Jedi, including Sol and his Padawan, Jecki Lon, entered the room, they were initially suspicious of Osha, but another Jedi, Yord Fandar, confirmed her innocence. After Sol realized that Torbin had taken the posion willingly, Osha informed the group of the poison's identity. Shortly after, Osha told Sol that Mae was targeting the four Jedi who had been stationed on Brendok.

Later, in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh convened a small council to discuss Mae and the Jedi she was targeting. During the meeting, which Sol attended, holograms of Torbin, Kelnacca, and Indara were shown. The holograms of Torbin and Indara, who had been killed, turned red. A team then traveled to the planet Khofar to extract Kelnacca from his post. There, Lon encountered Mae, and attempted to arrest her for the murders of Torbin, Indara, and Kelnacca, who had also been killed, but she was unsuccessful.

Torbin was a human male with auburn hair and a beard. The left side of his face, including over one eye, had several scars. He had light skin and blue eyes, and stood 1.8 meters tall.

While on Brendok, Torbin wished to go home and showed impatience. He disobeyed his Master when he thought he could find a way home. Later, he felt guilty about his actions, and killed himself in order to receive forgiveness from Mae.

Torbin was powerful with the Force, able to levitate for an extended period of time while simultaneously projecting a Force barrier.

Torbin wielded a yellow-bladed lightsaber. As a Padawan, Torbin wore brown and gold Jedi robes. During the time he spent taking the Barash Vow, he wore white and gold temple robes.

Torbin was created for the 2024 Disney+ live-action series The Acolyte, and first appeared in "Revenge / Justice," the second episode of the series, which aired on June 4, 2024. The character was first depicted in the official trailer for the series, which released on March 19 of the same year, and he was identified in his databank entry the same day. The character is portrayed by Dean-Charles Chapman.